Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 3 min4:34 am – 9:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 28 min8:18 am – 3:46 pm
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People6,253 residentsin the Edenthorpe & Mere Lane census areaMedian age 45.12,700 households75% of homes owner-occupied41% owned outright11% social rented, 14% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 2,897 in work, 28% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 20%, health and social work 15%, construction 11%Getting to work: 21% work from home, 68% go by car, 3% take public transport, 7% walk or cycle72% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages25% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 8% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C603 mm of rain a year, 13 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August36 days of air frost, 14 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksPike Poollake · 1.6 miPot Hillhill · 1.1 miFlood Drainriver · 2.1 miCorporation Shawwoodland · under a mileShaw Woodwoodland · under a mileThe Hillhill · 2.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesSouth Moorpark · 1.2 mi · 109 haSandall Parkpark · under a mile · 19 haThe Glass Park Millennium Greenpark · 1.0 mi · 13 haWheatley Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 50 haSandall Beat Allotmentallotments · 1.5 mi · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes160 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197015 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200832 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202640 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 9.9 · PM2.5 7.7 · PM10 14 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,807 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation8 m26 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 5 to 15 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalDoncaster Royal Infirmary2.1 miGP surgeryKingthorne House7 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyTesco Instore Pharmacy10 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.1 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi19 schools14 primary, 3 secondary, 2 specialSecondaryHungerhill Schoolages 11-16, 1,175 pupilsunder a milePrimaryEdenthorpe Hall Primary Academyages 4-11, 194 pupilsunder a milePrimaryCanon Popham CofE Primary Academyages 3-11, 239 pupilsunder a mileCollegeDN Colleges Group3.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportHumberside Airport HUY30 miMajor airportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA33 miRailway stationKirk Sandallunder a mileBus stationGreyfriars Road/X1Doncaster Town Centre3.3 miBus stops64 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DN3 postcode district.
